The epidemic crisis of 2020 accelerated many trends in consumer behavior. It exposed risks both on the supply and demand sides of the supply chain.… Read More »
John Richardson
Strategic Supply Chain Planning 2021 | Beyond COVID
4 minute read Tags: supply chain optimization coronavirus COVID-19 Industry News and Trends Supply Chain Planning
E-commerce Supply Chain 2020: Digital Deck the Halls
Shippers and retailers face the most demanding peak holiday season in their history. Read More »
BOPIS: What Does It Mean for Shippers?
Shipping used to be a linear exercise. A manufacturer shipped products to a distribution center. From there, the products were delivered to stores.… Read More »
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Budget Planning 2021: 9 Supply Chain Things to Know
The effects of COVID-19 on North American business are creating supply chain challenges into the second half of 2020. Organizations’ ability to… Read More »
Plan, Adjust, Communicate with Data Visibility
Supply chain visibility empowers you to reduce risk and improve customer service. That’s especially important in a period of widespread disruption,… Read More »
7 FAQs Answered with Supply Chain Visibility
Organizations that invested in supply chain mapping are more successfully managing COVID-19 disruption thanks to greater awareness of their demand… Read More »
The Relativity of the Supply Web
In Albert Einstein’s famous equation “E=mc2,” both energy and mass are replaceable with one another. But the constant measurement of time cannot be… Read More »
Business Objectives Determine Supply Chain Visibility Needs
For many organizations, a rear-view perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic reveals opportunities for course corrections that might have prevented… Read More »
2 minute read Tags: supply chain Optimize Networks Improve Supply Chain Visibility and Planning
Engineering and Analyzing the Supply Web
No matter how you manage it, transformation always comes with costs. When moving from a single, lowest-cost supply chain source to a supply web of… Read More »
Building Lasting Data Partnerships in the Supply Web
The term supply chain dates back to only 1982. In an interview with Financial Times, British logistician Keith Oliver introduced the ideas of “supply… Read More »
3 minute read Tags: Extended LEAN Optimize Networks supply chain optimization